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Alarm.com class action settlement Class Members may need to fill out a W-9 due to payout amounts being higher than originally estimated.
Originally, claimants in the Alarm.com settlement were projected to receive payments between $94 and $140. More recently, it was confirmed that some Class Members are eligible for payments of more than $600.
Because of these large payment amounts, the settlement administrator is reportedly contacting Class Members to have them fill out a W-9 tax form. W-9 tax forms allow people to report a variety of income, including significant payouts earned from settlements.
According to the settlement approval order, Class Members will have their payments reduced to $599 if they do not submit a valid and timely W-9 tax form. W-9 forms were reportedly due to the settlement administrator by Dec. 14, 2019.
Plaintiffs in the Alarm.com class action lawsuit claimed that they received unsolicited phone calls from the company using an automatic dialing system or pre-recorded voice. According to the consumers, these calls violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The TCPA makes it illegal for businesses to contact consumers with telemarketing robocalls, mass texts, or junk faxes without prior express written consent. The federal law also prohibits businesses from contacting consumers with telemarketing communications if they have registered their number on the National Do Not Call Registry.
Under the TCPA, consumers who take legal action against businesses can seek up to $1,500 in damages for each violation (i.e. each phone call).
Plaintiffs in the Alarm.com class action claimed that the company violated the TCPA by placing unsolicited robocalls and contacting consumers on the Do Not Call Registry.
Alarm.com did not admit any wrongdoing but agreed to pay $28 million to resolve claims that they violated the TCPA.
The Alarm.com settlement benefits consumers who received a telemarketing call from the company after Dec. 30, 2011 (a) on a cell phone using an automatic dialing system or artificial/pre-recorded voice, (b) on a residential phone using an artificial or pre-recorded voice, or (c) two or more times within a 12 month period on a number that was registered with the National Do Not Call Registry.
In order to receive a share of the settlement fund, eligible Class Members needed to have filed a valid Claim Form by April 16, 2019. A claim ID or phone number were required to validate claims. The deadline for exclusion and objection was also April 16, 2019. The Alarm.com settlement was granted final approval on Aug. 15, 2019.
If Class Members have further questions, they can contact the settlement administrator KCC Class Action Services LLC at 1-855-256-2243.
Are you a member of the Alarm.com settlement Class? Let us know in the comment section below.
Plaintiffs and settlement Class Members are represented by Broderick & Paronich PC, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, The Law Offices of Matthew P. McCue, and Bailey & Glasser LLP.
The Alarm.com Class Action Lawsuit is Abante Rooter and Plumbing Inc., et al. v. Alarm.com Inc., et al., Case No. 4:15-cv-06314, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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If you were contacted on your cell phone by a company via an unsolicited text message (text spam) or prerecorded voice message (robocall), you may be eligible for compensation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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I received a letter requesting to fill out the w9 by January 14th deadline. Maybe they pushed it back a month to allow people to return the w9.
Any idea when we will see these checks?
The website just says “early 2020”.
I also got a letter stating that I qualified for a compensation check for $600 or more and needed to submit a W-9 form online by 12/14/2019, or if not timely submitted by that date my check will reduced to $599.00 (but then there would no need for them to notify the IRS, because $600.00 is the notification cap allowance)
Which I am completely ok with receiving the lesser amount of $599.00, but I went to the website provided to submit the online W-9 form on 12/15/2019, entered my claim info and pin as directed. I wanted to see if I was actually in the database to get a check and I think I may have “ACCIDENTLY” submitted my W-9 form info (even though it was past the deadline submission date of 12/14/2019 by one day) because I got a final response stating my information had been successfully submitted.
And that is not what I wanted to be done then.
Can you tell me how to submit the W9 electronically? Just got off the phone and they said I need to turn in before January 20 so if they mail to me now it may not get to me and back to them on time. I got the W9 downloaded from IRS site like she suggested but can I fill out online and send to them someway in email?
So since it says checks won’t be issued til early 2020… do we still have to claim it on taxes for 2019? The tax form we fllled out says 2019.
It now says deadline is not till January anyone know why?
Where do u ? that at if i may ask my mail have been a hot mess foe 3wks i called u guys and left 2 voicemails nobody returned my ?calls yet i did a claim but my?had to have a factory data reset??so i can’t find my claim# please someone anyone
Check in your email. They sent a confirmation when you filled the claim. If you still can’t find it contact the claims administrator the contact info is on the website. Saw
COMPLETED W9 ONLINE.
NO PAYMENT YET
Where/how can you submit W9 online? Need some help please..Thank you in advance.
There was a link address on the payment notification. Hope this helps.
http://alarmtcpaclassaction.com/frequently-asked-questions.aspx
I filled the Fed tax form online, no payment yet.
I did it online
Yes. They had contacted please add me also.
I received a w9 in the mail a few weeks ago and I went online and filled it out. I thought Id have my check by now but I’m still waiting. Seattle WA
I received my W9 form, filled it out online now I’m just waiting for the check ?